Blog | Liam O'Donnell

First Second Gets Comics Marketing

by liam | Mar 1, 2006 | pre-wp

Early last year, I read a press release [launches pdf!] that introduced me to a new comic publisher, called First Second Books. They’re actually an imprint of Roaring Brook Press (who apparently don’t have a website yet?!), so they’re coming from a...

Happiness is a Game of Laser Tag

by liam | Feb 21, 2006 | pre-wp

Image from Vidlit.com Thankfully, my time spent working in corporate offices has been very brief. But I’d barely finished my first donut when I realized I was in another world, filled with it’s own warped language, customs and demands (pizza day! Crazy...

(Not) Everybody is Working for the Weekend

by liam | Feb 17, 2006 | pre-wp

For freelancers like me weekends don’t exist. It’s Friday and we’re all meant to be getting excited about getting two days off to do whatever we please (which inevitably means cleaning the house/apartment/shed/car/cat/dog/gun/whatever.) For the last...

Stamps Alive!

by liam | Feb 15, 2006 | pre-wp

The other day I posted about US stamps with kids lit characters on them. Today at we make money not art I found the really cool moving stamp you see on the right. And yesterday I bought some stamps. What the heck is going on?! They’re made by the Dutch design...

For Melanie

by liam | Feb 14, 2006 | pre-wp

[thanks again to meish.org] tagged: [mel] [rokx0rz] [hard] You might also enjoy: Rallying for Jack and the Gang don’t forget to love the passion of the...

Kids Lit Characters Get Stamped

by liam | Feb 10, 2006 | pre-wp

Although it was announced a month ago, I’m just hearing about the US Postal service’s plan to put some of our favourite kids lit characters on stamps. This is a great idea that is sure to be a favourite with card-sending grandparents and stamp-collecting...

Max Barry on First Drafts and Editing

by liam | Feb 9, 2006 | pre-wp

Get ready to hear more about Australian author Max Barry. In the past I’ve blogged about Max’s Tales from the Cubicle and his take on author royalties, but with the release of his latest book, Company, you’re going to hear a lot more about Max....

An Idea a Day

by liam | Feb 6, 2006 | pre-wp

I don’t know about other writers, but I do not have a shortage of ideas for books and stories. I’m hit with ideas all the time and mostly I’m smart enough to write them down in my journal. Some ideas are complete stinkers, but others have potential...